# Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Friday 8 October and Sunday 10 October 2010.
The top three runners in each of the initial four heats automatically alongside the four fasters runners qualified for the semifinals. The top three plus the two fastest runners advanced to the final.

## Records

| World Record | 1:41.01 | David Rudisha | KEN | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| Games Record | 1:43.22 | Steve Cram | ENG | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1986 |

## Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Abraham Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Francis Pathi (IND) | 1:50.12 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Andrew Osagie (ENG) | 1:50.44 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | James McIlroy (NIR) | 1:50.91 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Andre Drummonds (JAM) | 1:55.48 | |
| 6 | 7 | Hameed Mohamed (MDV) | 2:01.07 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Tony Ialu (VAN) | 2:04.46 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jimmy Adar (UGA) | 1:49.47 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Chris Gowell (WAL) | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Darren St. Clair (ENG) | 1:50.18 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Jon Rankin (CAY) | 1:51.35 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Thomas Vandy (SLE) | 1:51.69 | PB |
| – | 7 | Yuvaraaj Panerselvam (MAS) | | DNS |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Boaz Lalang (KEN) | 1:50.46 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Lachlan Renshaw (AUS) | 1:50.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gareth Warburton (WAL) | 1:51.64 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ricardo Cunningham (JAM) | 1:52.65 | |
| 5 | 6 | Vadivellan Mahendran (MAS) | 1:54.39 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kossam Chale (MAW) | 1:57.36 | |
| 7 | 4 | Shifaz Moahmed (MDV) | 1:59.18 | PB |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Richard Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:49.42 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Joe Thomas (WAL) | 1:50.17 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Niall Brooks (ENG) | 1:50.54 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Arnold Sorina (VAN) | 1:51.13 | q, NR |
| 5 | 3 | Manjit (IND) | 1:51.22 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Alusine Deen-Sesay (SLE) | 1:56.43 | |

## Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Boaz Lalang (KEN) | 1:46.41 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Richard Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:46.73 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Gareth Warburton (WAL) | 1:46.83 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Darren St. Clair (ENG) | 1:46.92 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Lachlan Renshaw (AUS) | 1:47.26 | q |
| 6 | 2 | James McIlroy (NIR) | 1:47.76 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Manjit (IND) | 1:50.88 | |
| 8 | 9 | Jon Rankin (CAY) | 1:51.10 | NR |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Abraham Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:47.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jimmy Adar (UGA) | 1:47.15 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Joe Thomas (WAL) | 1:47.22 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Andrew Osagie (ENG) | 1:47.52 | |
| 5 | 4 | Niall Brooks (ENG) | 1:48.33 | |
| 6 | 6 | Chris Gowell (WAL) | 1:49.78 | |
| 7 | 5 | Arnold Sorina (VAN) | 1:51.84 | |
| – | 3 | Francis Pathi (IND) | | DNF |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| | 5 | Boaz Lalang (KEN) | 1:46.60 | |
| | 4 | Richard Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:46.95 | |
| | 7 | Abraham Kiplagat (KEN) | 1:47.37 | |
| 4 | 3 | Gareth Warburton (WAL) | 1:48.59 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jimmy Adar (UGA) | 1:49.57 | |
| 6 | 6 | Darren St. Clair (ENG) | 1:52.15 | |
| 7 | 9 | Joe Thomas (WAL) | 1:52.39 | |
| – | 2 | Lachlan Renshaw (AUS) | – | DNS |